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HENRY C. COFFMAN, OF WASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, OHIO.

Letters Patent 1V0. 65,174, dated M'ay 28, 1867.

IMPROVED FLUID FOR DISINFEGTIN G AND EMBALMING.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. OOFFMAN, of Washington Uourt-House, in the county of Fayette, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Disinfecting, Deodorizing, and Embalming Compound; and I hereby declare the following\to be a full and exact description thereof.

The ingredients used, and their proportions, are as follows: distilled water, one gallon; carbolic acid, four ounces; nitrate of potash, four ounces; alcohol, four ounces. The diflerent ingredients are mixed togetherin a suitable vessel, and when properly blended the compound is fit for use. This compound is found very efiective in disinfecting and deodorizing a foul or unhealthy atmosphere, by being allowed to evaporate therein. The compound is also used with success in arresting decay in organic substances, by :ipplication thereto.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- A disinfecting and embalming compound, prepared substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

HENRY O. OOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

OLIVER H. SAXTON, Tnos. BENNETT. 

